All of what Draykov said
The Pod Racing
Jake Lloyd didn't reprise his role in AotC
Much of the architecture, and many of the new ship designs
How they showed many of the roots of of the OT ships (even if it was unneeded)
SLJ BAMF
Choreography
Geonosis and the chaos that ensued
Much of the humour that wasn't intended
Kitt Fisto and most of the new Jedi, I particularly liked Coleman Trebor, shame he died.
Qui Gon Jin being one of the coolest characters, Liam Neeson helped TPM so much.
The droids in TPM being own'd in more ways than should be possible. Three cheers for Obi Wan jump kicking two and cutting one in half and still letting it's legs strut their stuff.
E.T. How can you not love him, let alone three.
Choreography

Pretty much everyone already stole all of mine. I liked the prequels. I want to bring up Clones again because they are probably the best part of the prequels._________________Am I the only one who sometimes comes here, logs in, and fools around?
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They spawned three Clone Wars cartoon movies, which are all action-packed.

Anakin never actually turned to the dark side. He was tricked, duped by a manipulator who preyed on Anakin's impatience and fear. Anakin fell to the dark side. He didn't turn.

Even though it ended badly, we got to see dozens of lightsabers flashing in a big arena. Those images hint at an age where the Jedi are both galaxy-wide peacekeepers and a disorganized martial organization, caught between diplomatic and military duties.

That "age where Jedi are galaxy-wide" has been chronicled a little by easy reader novels.

Dogfights in episode III...

The idea of Episode I was good. In the Old Republic, Jedi get deployed as diplomats. They mediate things. They're smart._________________2nd-hand LittleArmory|brickshelf|FLICKR
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-the ARC-170
-a real space battle
-masterful duels
-Dooku: a good political operator (see his conversation with Obi-Wan in E2) who still gets played by Palpatine
-Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan's relationship
-most of all: the completion of Anakin's story arc from childhood loneliness and pain through betrayal and manipulation to redemption and family (have to watch 1-6 in order to catch it)

-Wayne Pygram as Tarkin at the end of ROTS. Quite possibly to be in the live action TV show after his stint on Farscape.
-The actual political message. Even though it was lost on many people it was a perfect portrayal of what happens in the waning of a democracy transitioning to a dictatorship. Thank you Ceaser.
-Magna Droids and Droideka
-The artistic themes from Geonosis repeated on the Death Star and the fact that Geonosis was the weapons manufacturer.
-The slaughter of the CIS leaders by Vader.

1. Intense space battles with awesome visuals
2. Awesome new characters (not Jar Jar)
3. New vehicals and starships
4. Lightsaber battles
5. The PT enabled a new generation of individuals to appreciate the Star Wars saga
6. Started the Lego Star Wars movement
7. Let us know the real stroy behind Darth Vader, and completed the full story_________________Do or do not, there is no try!!!

All 3 mini-villians, Maul, Jango and Grevious
AAT's, Trade. Fed landing craft and Droidekas
Anything in the Republic Navy, both Starfighters and Battleships
LAAT's, specifically the LAAT/c. Too cool...
Lightsaber duels
Yoda using the force to draw his lightsaber
Sammy L. as a serene mofo with a prplsaber
Sarumon the whi... erm, Chris Lee
Benevolent senator turns out to be a Sith Lord!_________________http://www.ogame.org

While Jango sucked less than his son, he still was barely a cool blip. I mean, he acted all big and bad, yet Mace whipped him like an amish schoolboy trying to play football.

Darth Maul was cool, I'll give that one, but killed too easily. He would have been a far cooler villain spread across the PT. Dooku wasn't bad, but he wasn't really all that evil. Palpy... pure evil, but underused. But also not a surprise in the slightest that he was a bad guy.

Padme. Not her dialog, or those stupid outfits, but Natalie Portman is hot.

Other than that... here and there, but nothing is considered cool next to how cool the OT was. It's just flashy._________________Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein

Thanks, dWhisper, I was shocked reading this thread and no one mentioned Natalie Portman until you did. Unfortunately, she went from cool fighting queen heroine in the first to frolicking Sound of Music la la in the second leading up to useless "You're breaking my heart" submissive wimp in the third.

Best of PT: Natalie Portman in TPM

I also like McGregor and Jackson. And a lot of other stuff._________________I'm no zombie

And how could he not have done that with the OT? There were no Star Wars fans made between 84 and 99?

And Portman was at her best in Clone Wars (you know, when she was legal)..._________________Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein

And the CW is technically in the prequels becuase it's... In the prequels.

Technically, you're wrong. The Clone Wars as an event is in the prequels. The current TV show is not in the prequels- it's its own media. While it is set during what is known as "the prequel era," that merely describes its timeframe, not the thing you need to watch to see it.

However, you are correct that the prequels allowed the existence of the Clone Wars animations.

Ah, I see now. The prequels are from Valorum's Chancellorship to Qui-gon's death, then a pause, then from the beginning of the assassination attempts on Amidala to her marriage to Anakin, then a pause, then from the Battle of Coruscant to the birth of the twins.

Ah, I see now. The prequels are from Valorum's Chancellorship to Qui-gon's death, then a pause, then from the beginning of the assassination attempts on Amidala to her marriage to Anakin, then a pause, then from the Battle of Coruscant to the birth of the twins.

You know, you could have just said Episodes I, II, and III, and it would have been the same thing.... _________________

Actually, I'd consider the cartoons part of the prequels because it is set before the OT, but I can see why people might not consider it because its not specifically one of the the three live-action prequel films.

-A nine day pregnancy
-Leia remembering her mother in episode 6, even thoiugh she only had a few minuets with her
-The "jedi puge" left a hell of a lot of jedi, and that numbers still growing, and probably will untill the numbers that survived order 66 will be greater than the number of jedi before the purge, i perfered it when obie wan and yoda were the only jedi left.
-The massive amount of prequel EU_________________All your brains are belong to us.

-The "jedi puge" left a hell of a lot of jedi, and that numbers still growing, and probably will untill the numbers that survived order 66 will be greater than the number of jedi before the purge, i perfered it when obie wan and yoda were the only jedi left.

Nine days is the minimum length of ROTS. It could be anywhere from nine to thirty days. Consider that Padme was already quite a bit pregnant and was hiding it for her job, along with the likelyhood of it being premature, that isn't hard to believe.

I must agree with you on the Jedi though. It seems that any Jedi we didn't see die survived. That has really dripped into the OT EU stuff - the prequels heavy usage of Jedi has lead to a wish to have that everywhere._________________
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